Fastening device



' F. J. HAGE.

FASTENING DEVICE.

I APPLICA'HON FILED JULY 31. 1919.

Patiented Nov. 11, 1919.

'- STATES PATENT g V a FRANK J. RAGE, on eoLnsBoRo, NORTH CAROLINA,ASSIGNOR or ON -HALF T ALBERT Q A. JOSEPH, or eoLnsBoR No 'rn cARoLINA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK nAs'rENINe nnvron. y 7 p citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Goldsboro, in the county of Wayne and State of NorthCarolina, have invented new 'ancluseful Improvements in FasteningDevices, of which the following. is. a specification. 7 1 Thisinvention. relates toximprovements- 10 in fastening devices and moreparticularly to those fasteners used to bind orgrip toit leaves.Heretofore'it has been thepracticef to bindthe .hanks or hands oftobacco leaves, as they-are harvested, by wrapping p and tying them witha tobacco leaf, which vgether a plurality of tobacco" stalks or bindingor wrapper is supposed to stay I fixed all during the periodthat thetodried or cured and up until the time it is;

bacco is in the hands of the-farmer, while ;it is the warehouse, whileit is being "i manufactured into articles ready for sale.

"It is needless to say that such a practice 1 is exceedingly faulty, asthe Wrapper of tof p bacco leaf doesnot stay fixedbut falls apart,

thus allowing the leaves comprising the hank or hand to becomescattered. It very often happens that the-warehouse men are obliged toemploy extra help to have the tobacco retied, thus securing to thefarmer lesser amount for his product on account of this extra expense.

will bese'en, avoids these d1sadvantages and (provides a slmple, secureand inexpensive binder orffastener, which stays fixed from the time. theleaves of tobacco are first cut into finished articlesby the factoryman.

In the drawingszi I Figure l 'shows the device-secured to a hankpor handof tobacco leaves.

l cupi ego! this patentlmay be obtained for Fig.2 is a cross sectionthroughthe line 2 2e Fig. 1..

l Fig. 3 shows the'device before it is applied to the tobacco leaves.

The invention consists of a longitudinally J. HAGE, a.

This invention, it i '1 ing the eyes 6, e. i V V What Icclaim is: uptothe-time the tobacco is manufactured strip. and fastened together.

five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0. 1 s

the stripe is a wire 0, passing through the holes 3, d, and being bentat each end to I Specification ofLettersPatent. Patent ed NOV. 11 1919.Application filed July e1, 1919. Serial No. 314,522.

form the eyes 6, 6. At the other end of the strip a is a wire fzpassingthrough the ho1esg,g. i

The bundle of tobacco leaves are gathered and the strip a is bent at thepoint bso as to inclose theends of the stalks as shown in v Fig. 1. Theends of the wire f are then passed through the eyes qe, e and are thenbrought around the back of the end of the strip aand are fastened ortwisted as shown at h in Fig.1. This provides a simple de vice, capableof being attached and detached qulcklyand makes a secure fastener, sothat at no'time are the leaves scattered or lost. V

The fastener or grip: may. be of any number of substances, such ascompressed paper, paste board, tin, aluminum, zincor a' composition.

The modification shown in'Fig. 4:; shows g It has the main strip 71converging'at the middle and adapted to be'bent at y'. After it is bentthedevice just as-it is stamped and before 7 I it is turned into aconcave shape.

in which the tongue 70 and slot Z a-resube stituted for the wire, 7 andthe wire cjh'av A longitudinally concave strip adapted tenedytogether, awire at one endof said strip, said wirebeing formed into an eye at eachend thereof and a wire atthe other end of said strip, theends of saidlatter wireebeing adapted to pass through the corresponding eyes at theother end of the tobebrought around the end of FRANK IH GEQ to be bentaround the material to be fasthe said i the Commissioner of Patents,

